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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Adjunct blues
Via a friend on Facebook and The Guardian: …as an adjunct professor, whether teaching undergraduate or law-school courses, I make much less than a pet-sitter earns. Click the link to see more: I am an adjunct professor who teaches five classes. I earn less than a...
CallingSchool has started for our kids. Soon enough, they’ll understand that learning never stops. Speaking of continually learning, I came across an article about frontline leaders needing leadership skills. The main points were these:Managers are important to...
Berners-Lee: Forces Are ‘Trying To Take Control’ Of The Internet
Via Business Insider: The inventor of the World Wide Web said the internet is facing a “major” threat from “people who want to control it on the sly” through “worrying laws” such as SOPA, the US anti-piracy act, and through the actions of internet giants. “If you can...
Berners-Lee: Forces Are ‘Trying To Take Control’ Of The Internet
Via Business Insider: The inventor of the World Wide Web said the internet is facing a “major” threat from “people who want to control it on the sly” through “worrying laws” such as SOPA, the US anti-piracy act, and through the actions of internet giants. “If you can...
Banks Are Hiring A Bunch Of IT Experts
Via Business Insider: Stuck with dwindling profits in an era of poor returns and heavy regulation, the likes of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC are battling to hire the best software programmers, systems engineers and data analysts, to help them get ahead via...
Banks Are Hiring A Bunch Of IT Experts
Via Business Insider: Stuck with dwindling profits in an era of poor returns and heavy regulation, the likes of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC are battling to hire the best software programmers, systems engineers and data analysts, to help them get ahead via...
Want $2 Million? Build A Robot!
Via Armed with Science: The goal of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) is to generate groundbreaking research and development so that future robotics can perform the most hazardous activities. This is so that, in future disaster response operations – and in...
Want $2 Million? Build A Robot!
Via Armed with Science: The goal of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) is to generate groundbreaking research and development so that future robotics can perform the most hazardous activities. This is so that, in future disaster response operations – and in...